Sentence examples for union assembly from inspiring English sources

This was classically the case with the British Trades Union Congress (TUC), an annual union assembly initiated in 1868 with a view to lobbying the legislature through a standing Parliamentary Committee.

"We would really have to receive a more serious, feasible offer to take it back to a union assembly, and not wear away at the workers' patience," Mr. Rodríguez said this morning.

On 31 January 2008, President Kikwete was elected Chairman of the African Union Assembly of Heads of States and Government, where he took a proactive role in resolution of conflicts in the Republic of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In 1991, the African Union Assembly passed a resolution designating June 16 as a day for the celebration of the African child.

Formal processes for prioritizing issues within African Union Assemblies include African Union Commission requests and recommendations; member state requests; and outcomes of regional ministerial conferences.

A few weeks ago I explained how the growth in non-union assembly plants was creating problems both for domestic manufacturers and the United Auto Workers.

This change made Ford's UAW workers in the Midwest competitive with foreign, non-union assembly plants in the South, enabling Ford to shift jobs from Mexico to the Midwest.

Although he wasn't specifically addressing Boeing's expansion with a non-union assembly line in South Carolina, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich testified that the shrinking number of union members in the American workforce has coincided with the slowing growth of wages in recent years.

By contrast, union auto assembly workers in the United States start at $120 to $190 for an eight-hour day.

But the union delegate assembly backed the recommendation by just 50percentt, with 42 percent voting to abstain, and the remainder voting against Mr. Vallone.

The political slant of Pete Seeger's songs was not accidental: he viewed songs as a cement helping glue communities together when they were under stress, and he tirelessly spread the word in person, playing in local union halls, assembly rooms and schools – even when blacklisted during the McCarthy era.